Silo.



G. HUN GBRPURD.

sILo. APPLIGATION FILED DEU. 23, 19173.

1 90999749 Patentedjune fig-1f CHARLES HUNGERFORD. OF SOLDIER KANSAS.

Loriano.

lle it l\'no\vn that l'. Cuaniacs lli'xoxnznono, a rilizen ol the lnited Staten.y and a l'eHident ol. Soldier. ill the eonntt' 0lt .ineliaon and State oll liana-aa, have invented new and uael'ul improvement in Silos. ot' which the. following if; a l`nll. rlear` and exart deseriptlon.

An objeet ol my intention is to provide a lof strurture particularly adapted t'or ellos. and

in which upright's are employed. together with horizontal tie elements so arranged as to lorm a eoniplete tie between the upright members around the Structure without the adiaadvantagres olE the hoop and .stave eon Iatruetion, or equivalent typesM ol' silt, said hoop and stave, tylies being. an is lvinonn. liable to'distorlion under the trains ol.

`awelhne' and shrinking'.

A further objeet ol? the invention is to provide a Structure formed for the. moat part 0lE elementsl readily availalgile. even in eountry towns.

Jlho invention also has Vfor its object to providel a eonstruet'ion emboilyinga novel arrangement ot'l `nprighta` and horizontal beams, whereby the necessary strength will be. given the structure as it progresses, and the elements4 entering into the construetion v,will he soi d i)sposed as to providel a rou venient adetleetive- Support` for planks or other platform elements without the nere lnity of ereetinp; srallolding.

The invention l'nrthermore has lor it 4 olif "|eet1 to provide a atrueture wlneh may he ouielily and eonveniently erected at a minimum eoSt and will poaries inerea .\ed strength. v

`"l`hi y invention will he partieularly explained in the ,apeeil'ie dearription ilfollowingl'.

lleterenee is to be had to the, aeeompanj ing, drawings vt"or|ninf f a part. o'lE this aperiieation, in whieh similar eharaeters ot" ret erenee, indicate eorrespeaiding parta` in all the views.

Figure l is a sido elevation ot' strncted in aeeordanre with my. portionbI ot the outer eoverinjv and inner lining` boing' broken away; Fig'. 52 ifa a partly rseetional plan vir-.w of the eoniplete struetrue; and Fig'. is a perspeetive view olia novel strut element enteringinto the struetnro.

ln carrying` out. the prin-tirol embodiment of my invention aa illwftrated. a serien 'ol' spaced uprighta are yvnrovideei. eaeh upright n silo eonu'iventlon.

Spoeieaton ol Letters Patent.

lat ented Finne tl., luft.

Application filed December 23A 1918. Serial No. 808,368.

beine.|l l'ornied olz separate ,side Sections 10, l1, and earh aeetion being lformed of a plurality of member@` in vertical :5uCCOJ .S.iO11a the repeetive nienibeisl ot the sections ot' an upright overlapping to break joint, said joints heine' indieated h the numeral 1Q. 0pposite ide l'aewl ot' the uprir'lits are formed with nzortiaea l whirh reeeive th'e ends of horizontal beams ll whirh will be, utilized a nail tie nhen hoardiirey ia employed for the outer eovering 1I and the inner liningrv lo. The eoverinjg and lining;- are laid on the horizontal heainry and also on the inner and fillltl' ztt'tn Ul! ille Heet'h'nis {O} 'il furnliug the nprights. ln the rane of a polygonal silo the inner and outer l'aees ol. the np right# are rever el \j beveled. as Shown in Vio', 2. and those hoardl applied to or overlapping' the upritdih will have a correspond in r angle` and preferably present jointsin line with the vertieal joints between the reapeetire Seetions lo. Il. ol the api-lights. 'lranreverse boltS 1T extend through the np rights at the rert'ieal joints. a nd between adiaeent elements of the covering' .l5 and lining t6. there helingr a hatten '1,8 on tholiir inzg1 adjaeent'to eaeh upright and disposed so as to cover the joint. Either wood or metal liningmay be us'ed.

ln order to avoid the une ol' Continuous hoopsl around the. silo and yet'. obtain an efteetive eontinuousI horizontal tie extending around the silo between the respective nprights, l provide tie elements t9, there beine' separate seriea ol tie rods extending between adjacent' uprigy'hta4 and tlnoug'lrthe respeetive .aertions ttl. l1. thereot. lhese tie elements 1t) are in the 'form ot' horizontally disposed truss rods. as seen elearlyin Fig. 2, nuts 219 being employed on the threaded ends thereof.

ln eonnertion with the truv rods lll and the horizontal heams t-l. l provide a novel arrangement ot strut elemento in the. lorm olE bloelts *20. whieh present. vertie: ll)l otlset member1 Q1 disposed above and below the Ahorizontal beams lland are toi-ined to engage, the truss rods and hear against the said beams. .Xs will be .seen from Fig. l, the adjarent horiz/.ontal truas rods 'ttl are arranged alternately above and lelow the horizontal l anna '14, in order to forni an effective tie between tl i adjacent uprights and provide the desired endwiso pressure against the horizrmtal beams. To conform to the alternate 'positions of the truss rods 19 above and below the horizontal beams 14, the blocks 20 of alternate vertical series are inverted so that horizontally alternating blocks will alternately present the offsets 2l above and below the horizontal beams. Each block 2O has at one iace of the strut oiiset 21, an undercut recess 22, to receive a truss rod. The offset is formed on a rearwardly extending arm 23 at the top of the block, there being a second rearwardly eX- 'tending arm 24 at the back of the block, at

the bottom, said arms 23, 24, being spaced to slip over the front edge of a horizontal beam 14, so as to dispose one arm on top oi' the beam andl one below the same. The lower arm 24, as appears in Fig. 3, is preferably provided with a beveled, upwardlyextending tooth or rib 25, and therel may' also be a toothed rib or tooth 26 at the inner end of the upper arm 23 of the said block. l

In practice, the bearing block may be driven Onto Va beam 14 from the front, and when the block is made of malleable iron or equivalent material, the lower arm 24 may be hammered upwardly to drive the tooth 25 into the under side of the beam. The recess provided bythe arms 23, 24, will in any event aii'ord a firm bearing for thev block against the beam, so that the rocking strainv cessive uprights around the silo are positioned in proper sequence-with their complement of horizontal beams 14 and truss ties 19. The beams 14, as the construction progresses, will aii'ord proper support for any platform plankffs requiredv in lieu of scaffolding.' The platform so provided is thus utilized to conveniently secure additional overlapping sections 10, 11 ofthe uprights in position on top of the sections first placed, and the necessary complement of additional verticaily spaced beams 14, and truss rods,

19, are placed in .position in connection with the said additonal'upright sections. Before securing a tie truss, it is understood that a strut element-20 for' said truss is vplaced in position on the adjacent horizontal beam 14. Between any two of the uprights, doorposts 27 may be positioned to receive any approved arrangementl` of doors 28 theA said posts presenting a door opening between adjacent horizontal beams 14. The said hori.

in the completed structure, and strut eleture. It is to be noted also, that in the erection of the framework of the structure, successive horizontal beams 14 and'adjacent upright sections. constitute in effect, ladders for the convenient use of the workmen. Any suitable rot-f 29 is provided for the structure.y v

Ai very, marked advantage of the described manner of forming and assembling the elements for the silo is, that the structure can be made up in any desired number of sections in order to make it readily portable. The comparatively few elements entering into the structure enables unskilled labor to readily assemble the parts. Thus the extreme portability makes it convenient to cart or ship the elements 'more or less-assembled to where corn is purchased in quantity, and permits of the structure being erected at the point of consignment bysuch labor as may be available. :l

Having thus described my invention', I

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a structurev of the character described, spaced uprights, each composed of separate side sections in close relation, and

each section beingformed of a plurality of members in vertical succession, the members of the respective'- sections overlapping to break joint, horizontal beams extending between adjacent uprights and disposed endwise to the same, and separate horizontal tie rods disposed between horizontal beams and extending through the respective side sections of adjacent uprights. j

2. In a structure ofthe character described, spaced 'uprights, each composed of separate sections in close relation, and each section being formed l0i? a plurality of members in vertical succession, the members of the respective sectionsoverlapping to break joint, horizontal' beams extending between ments 2O may be omitted at the door struc- SliV adjacent uprights and disposed endwise to fthe same, tie means extending between adjacent uprights and disposed between vertically adjacent beams, 1an outer covering and 'an inner lining 'on the beams Yand uprights,'the linlng presenting vertical joints at the uprights, battens over said joints, and transverse bolts extending through the uprights between the sections thereof, through the lining at said vertical joint, and through the battens.

In a structure of the character dedisposed endwise thereto, truss rods connectmg adjacent uprights, 'and strut elements associated with the horizontal' beams andl izo scribed, spacedy uprights, horizontal beams vextending between adjacent uprights and teem/te edge et a, beam, said blocks having offsets recelvng in the face thereof the adjacent truss rods.

' L In a structulz-e of the character de scribed, spaced .lprights, horizontal beams extending' between the uptg'xts and disposed endwise thereto truss rods folmng ties between adjacent uprights adjacent to the beams, Meeks having spaced arms to 10 avertie and undere the beams :md strut osets 011 sztict "blocks et an end thereof, the said esets having undercut recesses treeev in#y the actjacent truss feds. .1* Y

tu testlmony whereof have swiped my name to this specification in the presence of 1 two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HUNGERFORD Witnesses t VIRGINIA A.. WILSON, Lmzv Wtsozm 

